seeing the forest

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seeing the forest

the branches that hang so bare
all twisted in their winter nakedness
speak in silent words that tumble
down the bark onto my feet;
guiding them step by step,
like a shepherd, gently coaxing
me to where i need to be

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dahlusion commented on seeing the forest

05-06-2009

I rated a "10" and a "1" appeared… anyway, you are where you need to be, on the path to poetic brilliance.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

DSLitz’s Poems (58)

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gettin' your head out of your ass 5
avoidance 4
between heaven and hell 6
eye contact 3
it is what it is not 3
watch your step (or how i broke my heart) 2
at the mercy of memory 2
morning sickness 2
ringing my ears 1
oh, but i did 5
borrowing hope 2
awakened 3
seeing the forest 1
the unseen of the seen 2
pestilence 1
abreaction 1
opossum 1
speak softly 1
true grit 1
she sits 1
many things overturn 1
the potter ain't got nothin' on me 0
unfolding 1
page turner 2
I want to see the episode 2
Immersion 3
grasp this & you'll pass GO and collect $200 1
to put in words 3
it depends on your vision 2
trying to define what cannot be defined 3
in that moment when 0
tasting the lingering thought of you 7
blindness 4
touch 4
yes 3
hub buzz 0
when my soul danced 3
Me, as a "Great Short Work" 2
untitled 0
no shushin' the truth 2
smack me in the head done 3
stalemate 2
in the night 3
Dog Days 3
Tell me what it's like 1
When I die and go to Heaven 4
A Day in the Life of a Girl 3
half-sleep 2
Before it all begins as I lay wondering 0
3 A.M. 2
what imagery you evoke 6
constant 3
memo 1
what's that you say moonlight? 8
thanksgiving 1
revelation 2
If Lily had a backbone 10